The first literary device that is used in this poem is a metaphor. The poem “I finally managed to speak to her” is about a young man sitting across from a young girl on a bus. They are driving through New York City, and he would like to talk to her. He says “The trees look so much greener is this part of the country. In New York City everything looks so drab.” Although he is referring to the trees, Sirowitz uses the trees as a metaphor for him. Despite the fact that he has written about the trees you have to look deeper and the meaning and decipher what is trying to be said. Since the metaphor is really talking about him rather than the trees it really brings out the meaning of the poem. In an interview Sirowitz said “she was too self-involved. Or to put it in nicer terms, she wasn 't into me.”(Interview) When he said this what I got is that when he wrote that she said “when you find another one let me know” is that she didn’t really want to talk to him so she is finishing the conversation. The metaphors in this poem are outstanding and really give you a glimpse into the author’s life. Until you actually really take a deeper look into the poem and realize what he is trying to say you may think that he is literally talking about the trees in different parts of the country.…
I believe that the sunlight represents the virtue and goodness in each person. I am not quite sure about the windblown trees, but maybe it could symbolize the tormenting that Hester and Pearl have gone through, especially Hester in the town square, when she was forced to wear her Scarlet letter, and Pearl being ostracized for “being the product of a sin”.…
The poem begins with the narrator telling herself, “A few more steps, old feet.” (line 1). The old feet she refers to are the ancestor’s feet, that appear to be old and worn out from the rigorous journey they take. The speaker then goes on to say, “In pale tea I’ll see / me with her, tasting wild grapes” (lines 4-5). This shows her reminder of her ancestors in nature. The pale tea is the symbol of the clean, clear simplicity of nature and when the speaker simplifies herself, to the bare nothingness of nature it reveals to her, her ancestors. Then in the following lines, “at dawn, tasting dew / on tender leaves, another year.” (lines 6-7). The dawn represents a new day, a new start where she can again acknowledge her heritage. After, the speaker says, “her hands still guiding me, / at sunset grinding seeds” (lines 11-12). These hands guiding the speaker, are her ancestors leading her through their stories and nature around…
Not only do these trees symbolize the people in the story, they symbolize how the trees and the Great Men of the Colony are rotting from the inside out. When one of these trees is getting cut down, the person is slowly dying, and then when the tree falls they automatically fall dead as well. These trees act as a gravestone because of the names carved on them, and how they are scattered throughout like a graveyard. The fact that these trees are dark and gloomy also helps you think of a gravestone in a graveyard.…
The poem created vivid images for me, I seen a person drowning in sorrow. I felt the heart break that followed throughout this poem.…
I picked this poem because although it was short it was very powerful and has a lot of meaning behind it.…
The poem begins with a mother and her daughter debating about rather they should sell a black walnut tree to pay off the mortgage. Even though selling the tree would be a good short term idea, they know that more problems would come later on. In lines 11-15, Oliver uses metaphors to compare parts of a tree to the family’s necessities, saying…
The composer conveys a strong feeling of grief and pain in the poem. The composer creates an empathy towards the widower, by expressing just how lonely he feels after his wife had died, and he had to stay in the place that they had shared together. Through the use of multiple metaphors, "The Christmas paddocks aching in the heat/The windless trees, the nettles in the yard" , the composer builds a path into how the widower is 'aching' after the grief of losing his wife. 'windless trees' implies the feeling of death, as the trees have no leaves, whilst 'nettles' evokes the pain and burning he is feeling at this difficult time. The reader realises that this might be a difficult time for the widower, and empathises to attempt to feel what he feels.…
Having just read a couple of books, I have completely changed my position on the main story of the poem. At first, my interpretations might vary from the different opinions of my colleagues in this class. However, At this point, I guess that we all have enough data to conclude the same (or almost) story from which this poem originated…
The shift in images from the beginning to the ending of the poem served as a useful example in showing me how to switch the tone of a poem with grace (I was thinking about my condom poem in this instance) and how to structure lines and words in a way that make the reader think. All in all, Brewington hits the nail on the head with this poem by delivering a prepossessing story of life, death, and all the odd portions…
The main setting is first laid out by descriptions of a specific scenario, “the genial season’s warmth to share, fresh younglings shoot, and opening roses glow” (barbauld lines 9, 10). These lines from the poem demonstrate a joyful, welcoming tone to the setting. With the use of symbolism the reader can predict the setting of this poem most likely takes place during the spring, representing new life emerging and fresh starts. The author properly exploits the technique of symbolism to aid in the significant of new beginnings. Through the writer’s context the audience receives a greater connection between what the setting resembles in the plot of the poem. Likewise, the setting aids in the symbolic comprehension of the poem by describing women blooming with equality and receiving a fresh view from…
One reason I chose the poem, who's title caught my attention, was the relationship between the title and the poem itself. From the title, I would not have expected the poem to be about what it was. It surprised me, by what the author did with the poem by using the title that was so vague. By the title…
The original poem impacted my thinking by showing me how although America was slowly killing the narrator, he still loved her and had…
"Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk... and the tree was happy." The tree was simply happy to spend time with and provide for the boy much similar to the feelings of a mother toward her child. In the beginning of the story there is an illustration of a little boy running excitedly toward a tree that appears to be reaching out for him. Then the story goes on to show the boy playing with her leaves, climbing her trunk, swinging from her branches, and eating her apples all with illustrations of the tree being actively involved. So a relationship similar to that of a mother and her child has been established. The tree is simply happy to have the boy around and the little boy has fun just being a little boy and embraces the trees love for him. "And the boy loved the tree..." with an illustration of the boy hugging the tree and tree using her branches to hug him in return. "...very much. And the tree was happy."…
Morrison uses the elements of symbolism and metaphor to create a powerful depiction of emotions. The imagery of beautiful trees in Beloved attempts to mask the horrors that took place among them. Ironically ,beautiful Trees are perverted into a symbol of horrible acts. The characters of Beloved were faced in a time period where they have been oppressed to the point of dehumanization and subjected to the idea of companionism of inanimate objects (trees, in this case). Morrison crafts the novel around the idea of trees, how we see them today, and what they meant to people who witnessed the evil in other aspects of their life. It seems as if the characters' interpretation of what trees are gives the reader insight to fully analyzing a character. The characters' responses to trees give the reader insight to how, through horrific experiences , one can still find serenity within nature and trees, usually the only beautiful things when living life as a slave. Toni Morrison does an excellent job of piecing slavery hardened characters together that are ultimately formed by one element. The trees are there as a symbol of not only life, but death, and all the bad in between. The perception of this novel is totally up to the reader and interpretation is key to analyzing the element of trees…